Early Life, Family and Training Leiden, 1671. Cornelis Beeldemaker enters a world defined by the brushstrokes of his father, Adriaen Cornelisz. Beeldemaker is born into a lineage of painters, the son of a man already established in the craft. He grows up alongside his younger brother, Frans Beeldemaker. The household functions as a workshop where the boundaries between family life and professional training are nonexistent. The apprent…